Today is the start of one of my favorite weeks of the year,
restaurant week. Each year in partnership with Three Square Food Bank several
restaurants around the Vegas valley offer specialty priced meals and a portion
of the meal will be donated to Three Square.
Each year my husband Jon and I try to pick a new restaurant
from the list to try out. Typically these are all restaurants that we can’t
normally afford so we really enjoy partaking each year. Last year we opted to
try out one of the newest Gordon Ramsey restaurants to hit the strip, BurGR.
This year we decided to try Tommy Bahamas located at the Town Square shopping
center.
Neither one of us had been to this restaurant before and
felt it had one of the best selections with a sticker price of $20.14 per
person. Overall the food was really good, the atmosphere was very relaxing, and
the service was ok at best. This particular meal offered 3 courses and a few
different selections in each course. For the first course the selections
included Chicken Tortilla Soup, Coconut Shrimp, or Macadamia Nut Encrusted Goat
Cheese. The second course offerings included a choice of Blackened Fish Tacos,
Grilled Chicken & Mango Salad, or The All American Burger. Last but not
least was the dessert course which offered a choice of Key Lime Pie, Triple
Chocolate Cake, or Pina Colada Cake.
For the first course we both decided on the coconut shrimp
which offered papaya-mango chutney along with an Asian coleslaw. The Asian
coleslaw was the real surprise on this plate. It had cabbage, cilantro, lime
juice, red onion, and some fried crispies similar to what you receive at
Chinese restaurants.
For the second course I chose the Chicken & Mango salad
while Jon chose the Blackened Fish Tacos. The Tacos offered a tomato relish, chipotle
aioli, lime sour cream and was finished off with the same Asian coleslaw
offered with the appetizer. I tried one of the tacos and they were really good.
Picky eater Jon even liked them and surprisingly enjoyed the lime sour cream as
well. He doesn’t like sour cream so when the tacos came out he was a little
upset until he tried it. At first he didn’t even realize it was sour cream, but
knew he liked it. The salad came with toasted almonds and macadamia nuts, dried
blueberries, feta, pumpkin seeds, along with lemon vinaigrette. In my opinion
the best part was the combination of the blueberries with the feta. I was
really surprised by this combination. The blueberries offered just enough
sweetness to offset the bite of the feta.
Last but not least was dessert. We both played it safe and
selected our personal favorites. I enjoyed the key lime pie and Jon chose the
triple chocolate cake. The key lime pie was your standard key lime pie and the
chocolate cake was a very dense, rich, and large piece of cake. In the end Jon was
unable to finish the piece he had. At the end of the meal the general manager
came around and invited us to visit again offering us a free appetizer on our
next visit. I am not sure when the next time we will be visiting but it was a
very generous offer to end the meal.
Restaurant week will be running through Friday March 14th
and later this week the ladies of Very Awesome Girls will be checking out
Culinary Drop Out at the Hard Rock Hotel. For more information and a listing of
restaurants participating in restaurant week please visit www.helpoutdineoutlv.org.
Las Vegas Restaurant Week Tommy
Bahama TownSquare
Benefiting Three Square Food Bank 6635 S. Las
Vegas Blvd. Suite 125
March 7th – 14th Las
Vegas, NV 89119
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